From 20134b4daff0bb4ba9673acc508a61abb575eb8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chinmay Chandak <25588684+CCAtAlvis@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:34:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Added buffer option to image upload

Checks if the provided photo is a Buffer
If its already a buffer, photo buffer is assigned to file
Else its goes on to check isUrl() and finally fs.readFileSync() like before
---
 lib/index.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 9060571..67c2756 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -366,8 +366,12 @@ class Instagram {
 
     let file
 
-    // Needed to new method, if image is from url.
-    if (isUrl(photo)) {
+    // Needed to new method,
+    // if image is from buffer,
+    if (Buffer.isBuffer(photo)) {
+      file = photo
+    } else if (isUrl(photo)) {
+      // if image is from url.
       // Enconding: null is required, only this way a Buffer is returned
       file = await request.get({ url: photo, encoding: null })
     } else {